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cymatium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cymatium has 1 sense
- cymatium(n = noun.artifact) cyma - (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex); Array has particulars: cyma recta, cyma reversa, ogee
is a kind of molding, moulding
CIDE DICTIONARY
cymatium, n. [L., fr. Gr. , dim. of a wave.].
A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture. [1913 Webster]
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